“Serving as the Honorary Pace Car Driver will be a truly unique and exciting experience,” Manning said in a statement. “I want to thank NASCAR, Daytona International Speedway and Nationwide for making this possible. I’m really looking forward to race day.”

The Daytona 500 is the opening race of the NASCAR season and will get underway at 2:30 p.m. ET this Sunday.

Manning isn’t the only NFL entity to serve as pace car driver for a major race. Jim Harbaugh served as pace car driver for the Indianapolis 500 in 2013 when he was still head coach of the San Francisco 49ers.